Meaning

(transitive) To make again..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To make again.
2. (transitive) To make a new, especially updated, version of (a film, video game, etc.).
3. A new version of something.
4. A new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.

Example Sentences

You'll need to remake that cake, as it's completely burned.

The director wanted to remake some of his favourite films from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Fritz Lang in Hollywood has remade the French "La Bête Humaine" story, setting the drama, a little coldly, among the great hooting diesels of the Middle West routes, […].

In 1976 and 1977, and the years to follow, as symbolically remade by the Sex Pistols, it was, perhaps, dadaists, lettrists, situationists, and various medieval heretics.

I haven't seen the original film, but the remake was great.

The thing I like most about the Total Recall remake is the—I have to presume ironic—name of its production company. The first words that appear on screen are “Original Film”.

Like Hollywood remakes or remasters old movies, video game publishers are overhauling and rereleasing games to tap into ready-made fan bases for popular franchises like The Legend of Zelda, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon and World of Warcraft.

The family film is the remake of a remake – the 2022 version puts a new spin on the 2003 movie of the same name, which updated the 1950 movie based on the semi-autobiographical novel by siblings Frank Butler Gilbreth Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey.

Word Forms

• remakes
• remaking
• remade

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Use remake when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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